Password Protecting Posts

[tehblob]

Is there any way to do this. . .?

Thanks in advance

[Boofo]

I know it can be done on forums but it would take a hack or a hack to do it for posts, I would think.

[tehblob]

Could anyone make it?

[GameWizard]

Why would you need this functionality anyway?

[jilly]

I'd be interested in it too.. Just to let me users password protect threads they wanted to themselves, if they wanted to post info they only wanted to share with certain friends.

[GameWizard]

Wouldn't it make sense to simply use the PM feature then? I don't understand the necessity for PW protecting posts at all.

A private social group would have the same effect aswell.

[jilly]

It's more a personality thing - some people want to post something, but only allow certain people to view it.. It WOULD make sense to just use the PM system.. yet my users still ask.. so I in turn ask ..

[GameWizard]

The impracticality of this system becomes apparent when you realize that you have to actually PM everyone the password in order to access the thread, when it would make more sense to simply PM everyone the content to begin with.

But consider you want the social/messaging aspect of it, a private Social Group would be much more effective as you can define who you want to be able to view the content, without any passwords. It's done by invitation, and the content can be changed (just like a thread) and comments can be posted freely like a thread.

So this concept doesn't hold up in practical terms, but from a coding perspective would be a lot of work as well.

[tehblob]

I want it because it helps prevent leechers.. and instead of pm'ing large amounts of information...

And social groups... Well. . . My users dont like them, for some reason :S

[jilly]

Originally Posted by GameWizard

The impracticality of this system becomes apparent when you realize that you have to actually PM everyone the password in order to access the thread, when it would make more sense to simply PM everyone the content to begin with.

But consider you want the social/messaging aspect of it, a private Social Group would be much more effective as you can define who you want to be able to view the content, without any passwords. It's done by invitation, and the content can be changed (just like a thread) and comments can be posted freely like a thread.

So this concept doesn't hold up in practical terms, but from a coding perspective would be a lot of work as well.

No, the way my users want to use it goes like this:

Member A wants to post something up but doesn't want everyone to see it. Member A puts a password on her thread. Members who want to read it send a PM to Member A asking for the password, and Member A can either provide it to them or decline, depending on her feelings at the time.

This comes in useful for stalking situations, or fighting amongst members, or cases of sensitive information.

Or say you have a medical board, and a member wanted to post some specific medical info, and have it available for certain members or mods to see, so she would post the medical info, put a password on the thread, and give the password to those who she wants to see it.

in contrast, if she did it in a private group, you might have a private group with 100 members in it, but that still does not mean you want all 100 members of that group to see a sensitive item -

Again, it can be done by PM, but if it's a thread on a baord that stays, then it can easily be referred to by the member and other people as time passes, rather than searching for a PM, or having the PM have already been deleted from people's inboxes.

It just gives a much more pin-point like control for the member over who exactly gets to read a sensitive thread.

Not something that most boards would use every day, but it would be useful in certain situations.